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Finding #lonelymines

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Whoopie-ty-a-oh!!! #backinthesaddleagain #geneautry For @getrealvonciel

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Then i overfed him with cake because of his refusal to love non-stop carrots and he died. #tamagotchi To quote an ol' travelling the range song: "I'm back in the saddle again". #nostalgia

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Where I've been, not gtown hunting but trying to grow a retro Gameboy Tamagochi. Tams were popular in the #1990s from Japan. Its basically an egg u grow digitally and take care of. Long story longer, I tried to force my Tam to become vegetarian and only eat carrots but he got real mad at me.....

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#nostalgia similar to the genius street artist of #bleklerat, Toxic gives an homage to the great artist. #artonoldstuff For @radiocraig <3 <3 <3 #walkinginLA #missedyou

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An original Shep Fairy? #streetart #walkinginLA #livingghosttown #historicdistrict #americana

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A mine shaft in a miner's backyard. #Convenientparking by #Modestmouse

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While it is easy to spot the miner debris, the mine chute, the dynamite blasting hole, it's not easy to spot the miner. He or she is long gone leaving behind a vast network of holes waiting... to be allowed to breathe again. #donotenteranabandonedmine #stayout #stayalive #breatheagain #tonibraxton

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And i'll be.... your charred out wall, And i'll be....your abandoned building, And i'll be....your useless facade, And i'll be..... the greatest neglect of your life. #fav #abandoned #gtown #neglect #nevada

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....so scared....OMG....it's a newspaper.... #runaway

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What's in the back room? Would u go back there? #revisitinghistory #minersplace #shouldistay or #shouldigo ?

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#nofilter #justhappiness #everyonehasahappyplace

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Come on let's take a ride, Do it with miner stride, Complicated life I can't abide, Finding g-towns on the westside, Using my gut as my guide, Whether in a valley or mountainside, Findin miner trails to traverse & glide, Where ghosts of the past go to hide. For @snooplion Saw Snoop D O double G, live in concert in '93, Sitting in the 2nd row, oh, man, *rad for me. *my little relatives told me no one says #rad anymore. So i dropped the #bodacious & #aggro on 'em & then they left the room.

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A #minerscabin, a #minerslife Many men on the trail had to leave wives and girlfriend's behind, due to 'gold fever', so many a man slept alone. So solitary in the beginning of the rush, they would often mine by themselves. #wheretheladiesat #wheretheothermenat #onlythelonely

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This is for @taliajoy18 & Mattie In the gold rush days there was a high disease death rate from 1850-1870s, including children. The men would mine all day, while the long suffering wife would deal with the plagues of limited med care. The story of Talia is a contemporary one. We have advanced so far w/ science and tech since those early pioneer days, yet Talia's life was still cut short by cancer. This is not a story of sadness, but of hope. At 13 she was a fashion designer and make-up artist. But, instead of dwelling in despair she chronicled her help and inspiration to children & others on her insta account...as she was dying. There is hope and it's found in the wisdom of the young . #RIPTaliaJoy #RIPMattieStepanek #MattieStepanekpoems Mattie Stepanek was another child who inspired others to live as he was dying in 2004: "While we are living in the present we need to celebrate life everyday, knowing that we are becoming history, with every work, with every action, with every deed" - Mattie (who also passed to disease at the age of 14) #whoareourheroes #inspiration #pleasedontevergiveup This candle shop represents the eternal flame that lives on for our little heroes.